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In these posts I try and challenge, stretch and inspire new ideas & conversations.
What innovators can learn from McDonald’s
Sometime we all forget how innovative McDonald's has been. From Ronald McDonald to happy meals to breakfast menu's to drive through sales to McCafe's, McDonald's has been at the forefront of many innovations in the fast-food industry. In fact, in its time it has been...
How to innovate – one small win at a time*
Disruptive innovation is everywhere it seems There’s an ongoing fixation with the next Uber, Netflix, WhatsApp or Airbnb. Even perennial technology darlings such as Twitter or Facebook seem, well, so yesterday. It’s intoxicating, heady stuff as one technological...
Disruptive thinking or disruptive technology?
Do we need to think about disruption in a new way? How do you educate those bright young people that technology is the biggest disruptor of the world we live in? Dave Curran, Westpac, CIO, (The Australian, 20/8/15) On the surface you would have to agree with Dave...
Why every team needs an innovation goal
What is your team innovation KPI? All work today is done in groups and teams. Every organisation needs to be more innovative. Let's put these together. Hence: Every group and team should have an innovation goal. No ifs or buts. They need to have an innovation goal if...
How to run an Ideathon
Ideathon - an idea whose time has come Many business leaders in the IT and software industry run quarterly Hackathons. These are typically 24 hour sessions where software developer try and create say a new product, feature or app. I think this is a great idea which...
The insight behind Speed Thinking
Speed Thinking is based on an insight I noticed that when I was working with managers and leaders and they had say an hour to solve a problem or generate an idea not much happened for the first 50 minutes or so. In fact, not much happened until I poked my head into a...
A simple, practical innovation definition
Innovation We all know what it means. Or at least that is what leaders say. But dig a bit deeper and you find a wide discrepancy between them. For some it is new products or large technological breakthroughs or something like continuous improvement. The reason it...
What do leaders ‘think, feel and do’ about innovation?
I recently gave a workshop to a leadership group at a big hotel group. One of the questions I asked them was: What do they 'think, feel and do' about innovation? Think about innovation This was easy. The leadership group used words like essential, vital and important....
small wins innovation is here
We have just launched a new beta site on small wins innovation. The new site is filled with examples of small wins innovation, the 5 step process and principles. The 5 steps are - create, test, measure, learn and share. Ideas Blitz is wonderful tool to create new...